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Lu Wang
In the context of climate change, heat waves are a serious hazard having significant impacts on human health, especially vulnerable populations. Many studies have researched the association between extreme heat and mortality. In the context of urban plan...
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Jesus Rodrigo Cedeno Jimenez, Angelly de Jesus Pugliese Viloria and Maria Antonia Brovelli
Environmental and health deterioration due to the increasing presence of air pollutants is a pressing topic for governments and organizations. Institutions such as the European Environment Agency have determined that more than 350,000 premature deaths ca...
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Georgia Michailidou, George Z. Papageorgiou and Dimitrios N. Bikiaris
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-threatening disease of the respiratory system, affecting many patients worldwide. Budesonide (BUD), a synthetic glucocorticosteroid applied for the treatment of COPD patients, is a hydrophobic compou...
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Konan-Marcelin Kouamé and Hamid Mcheick
Recent studies on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in the context of the coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic have reported two important problems, i.e., high mortality and vulnerability among COPD patients vs. non-COPD patients. The h...
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Hamid Mcheick and John Sayegh
The emergence of pervasive computing technology has revolutionized all aspects of life and facilitated many everyday tasks. As the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, it is necessary to find new ways to use technology to fight diseases and reduce thei...
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ToHunt, Marie T. Williams, Timothy S. Olds and Dorothea Dumuid
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Agnieszka Strzelak, Aleksandra Ratajczak, Aleksander Adamiec and Wojciech Feleszko
Many studies have been undertaken to reveal how tobacco smoke skews immune responses contributing to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases. Recently, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been linked with...
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Robert Doricic, Tanja Coric, Morana Tomljenovic, Danijela Lako?eljac, Amir Muzur and Branko Kolaric
In the second half of the 20th century, the town of Bakar (Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia), where a coking plant was operational 1978–1994, experienced intensive industrialisation. The town of Mali Lošinj (Primorje-Gorski Kotar County...
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Dirga Kumar Lamichhane, Jong Han Leem and Hwan Cheol Kim
This study was undertaken to investigate the associations between chronic exposure to particulate matter of medium aerodynamic diameter =10 or =2.5 µm (PM10 or PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels and lung function and to examine a possible change in...
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Aiswarya Ragothaman and William A. Anderson
Though refineries and petrochemical industries meet society?s energy demands and produce a range of useful chemicals, they can also affect air quality. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified polluted air as the single largest environmental ri...
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